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JF Danskin

Mar 20

3 min read

Author reflections

Free to explore?

On creativity as freedom vs. discipline.

Photo by Tom Hills on Unsplash

Freedom to explore new ideas and the choice of what to work on can be very important to me.

I said as much in another recent article, “Why I Write”:

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JF Danskin

JF Danskin

Author of the fantasy LitRPG ‘Sparta Online’ series. I blog about the craft of creative writing, and share stories too. Links: https://linktr.ee/jfdanskin

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